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OT: World Politics

There's a certain vein of thinker in the Muscovy tradition that see this as an existential threat to their vision of Russia. Putin is really likely to number among them. I don't agree with Zeihan on a whole bunch of things, but I agree with him on this. The Russians very, very badly want 1) Their buffer territories back & 2) Free reign to be the dominant power in Europe. They see themselves and not Germany or France as the natural leaders of Europe. Their asiatic holdings are just the source of raw materials to support their European aspirations.

It's an ideology that needs to die tbh.
and it will only die/be eliminated through a convincing ass-kicking militarily*
 
The funny thing is that Putin keeps justifying this war, partly, as way of brining forward a multi-polar world in which the US is not hegemonic.

But Beijing, New Dehli and eventually Lagos must find this weird. Demographic and technological forces have pretty much baked in multi-polar world in the not too distant future.

Maybe this is about usurping Berlin’s role as the Euro voice. Can’t say he’s going about it the right way…
 


if true, a lot lower than I thought/feared


That tracks with my expectations tbh. The tankie wet dreams of going 1 for 1 in Bakhmut has always seemed wishful as fuck for a few reasons. Both tactical/doctrinal and force structure/training didn't seem to align with that. Basically, the Ukies aren't throwing lives away as a matter of doctrine like we know the Russians do.
 
Er, wait.

How does this square with the apparent detente between Prince Bone Sawdi and the Revolutionary Guard sponsored by Pooh Xi?
 
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